Studio portrait of Hispanic Americans Juan J. Valdéz and his wife Reyes Maes de Valdéz. Juan is balding, he is seated in a chair and wears a suit, silk tie and watch fob. His wife stands beside him. She wears a long dress with puffed sleeves, a ruffled and pleated bodice and a lace collar. Her curly hair is pulled back and parted in the middle.

Date

ca. 1896

Notes

Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Juan J. Valdéz was a farmer and a teacher who taught school for 30 years in the towns of Jaroso, Trujillo Creek, and Martinez in southern Colorado. He and his wife Reyes Maes raised their family in Trujillo Creek. (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 182)."; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Ed Cordova.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001520964